Today’s Blended Blog prompt is to reintroduce myself to my readers, so I thought I would go all the way back to the basics here. Hi, my name is Amber. I started this little blog in June 2009, but it had a different name (AmberCanRead) and was on Blogspot. I go back and forth between …

In the April 2018 issue of Parents magazine, there’s an article called “Refuse to Lose It” that talks about how to more effectively communicate with your child(ren) without yelling. Admittedly, I have the cutest daughter in the world, but she often sometimes on occasion tests my patience…particularly when it’s time to go to sleep. When I’m …

1 – Hey, did you know today is my Friday? 😉 2 – I got a lot done today! 3 – Char is on a day trip, so I’m giving our other kid some attention haha 4 – Fun night out last night and semi productive today! 5 – Good day off, and I got …

Showering : With warmer water lately! We had been having problems with running out of hot water but usually noticed it on days when we did a lot of laundry, gave Char a bath, etc. Then one day a couple of weeks ago, I nearly ran out of hot water on a day that hadn’t included …

I was scrolling through Facebook earlier today and a couple of groups that I’m in referred to something called #The100DayProject. I had never heard of it, so I had to find out what they were talking about! You can read more details on their website, but the summary is between today and July 11, you …